Jerry Naylor, former lead singer with The Crickets, completed his promotional tour of the UK last month. Arriving at Glasgow on Sunday June 2, Jerry went straight to doing radio interviews at stations all over mainland Britain, including visits to the three capital cities, Edinburgh, London and Cardiff, and many places in...

DVD: Paul McCartney and Wings – Rockshow Eagle Vision / MPL Communications Wings are captured in full flight during their triumphant 1976 tour – in some terrific concert footage that runs for more than two hours. Sound and vision are both superb on this recording of a band delighting a hugely appreciative American...

The treasures that grew CD: Various artists – Canterburied Sounds Floating World Records This four-disc box set is awash with excavated treasures for fans of the so-called “Canterbury scene”, in which the flagship names included Caravan, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers. Largely derived from tapes and acetates...

By Martin Hutchinson LIVE REVIEW THE MOODY BLUES WEDNESDAY JUNE 12 O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER EXPERIENCING The Moody Blues live has got to be one of the most rewarding things you can do as a music fan. Their music is timeless, emotional and downright exciting and on stage they play it with conviction. Don’t just take my word for...

CD Review Status Quo: Bula Quo! Fourth Chord Records. THIS is the soundtrack to the action/adventure film starring Status Quo opening in July. Yes, you read that right – Status Quo starring in an action/adventure film, and it’s set in Fiji. Francis Rossi said: “It’s a lousy job, but someone’s gotta do it.” Although all the...

CD review Dave Davies: I Will Be Me Cleopatra Records Inc. THE long-awaited new solo album from Kink’s lead guitarist Dave Davies has him stretching his compositional muscles to create some finely crafted music. Dave’s last studio album was six years ago with Fractured Mindz, but with this new collection of songs we see – and...

[private] 50th Anniversary of The Yardbirds St. George’s Suite, Twickenham Stadium March 15 I headed down to Twickenham Stadium for the 50th anniversary concert of the Yardbirds. The special event was in the presence of the Mayor of Richmond. The concert was in the St. George’s Suite. The venue was just the right size for an...

“DEAR, dear, dear, whoever would have thought this would happen?” said Francis Rossi as the classic line-up of Status Quo – Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan took to the live stage for the first time for more than 30 years.

Billie Davis celebrates the Golden Anniversary of her big hit ‘Tell Him’ this year, recalling how she was reduced to tears in the studio in the drive to get the sound that would propel the record into the UK Top 10.

One of the most highly-regarded of British Blues outfits, The Blues Band have their albums Brand Loyalty (1982) and the double live CD Bye Bye Blues (1983) reissued on the Repertoire Records label this month.